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High Winds, Rain Hit South, Killing at Least 7

JACKSON, Ga. -- Fast-moving spring storms packing high winds, hail and lightning blew through the South, uprooting trees, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and killing at least seven people. The storms were part of a system that cut a wide swath from the Mississippi River across the Southeast to Georgia and the...

Home Price Declines Deepen in Major US Markets

NEW YORK -- Damage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen to 2003 levels - when the housing bubble was just starting to inflate. Prices will likely drop further this year, making many people reluctant to buy or sell. That would push...

Atlanta 6-Year-Old Sells Art for Japan

Like many a sentimental mom, Keely Muse kept all of her daughter's preschool artwork. She probably never dreamed she'd one day sell it to help struggling people across the globe. Tuesday Muse, a 6-year-old kindergartner, may not understand the scope of devastation in Japan, but she knows enough to want to help. "I saw...

Atlanta Tornado Warnings Sound as Weather System Wreaks Havoc

The sirens rang out. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for the northern parts of metro Atlanta today as a line of storms continued to leave behind damage across the nation's midsection. The warnings went up in Cobb, Bartow, Paulding and southern Cherokee counties, where conditions were ripe for...

Man's Car Stolen With Father's Ashes Inside [VIDEO]

Atlanta police say three cars were stolen from the valet parking lot of a popular restaurant after thieves found the valet key box unlocked. One victim of that theft says the ashes of his recently deceased father were inside his car.

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NeNe Leakes: âEveryone Wasn't Expecting Me to Come Backâ to Real Housewives of Atlanta

NeNe Leakes is the first to admit that she was wary of returning to The Real Housewives of Atlanta for Season 5, especially given her roles on Glee and The New Normal , but ultimately she decided that she wasn't done with RHoA just yet.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

Paris Plane Crash Spurred Cultural Growth In Atlanta

Fifty years ago, a group of 106 influential cultural and civic leaders from Atlanta traveled to Europe to visit famous museums and demonstrate the ascendant southern city's commitment to culture.

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Southeast Meetup Reminders: Savannah, Raleigh, And Charlotte Are Set, Atlanta Not Iffy [UPDATE!]

If you've been keeping up at all, you should know that we're planning a tour of the Southeast during the second week of July. We're hitting all the hottest spots, including Savannah, Atlanta, Raleigh, and Charlotte (in that order), but we seem to be hitting a tiny bump in the south-bound road.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

PHOTOS: Atlanta's New International Terminal Opens

A sleek new $1.4 billion international terminal featuring airy windows and eye-popping artwork opened Wednesday at the world's busiest airport in hopes of positioning Atlanta to attract more globe-trotting travelers.

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Atlanta Airport New International Terminal, Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal, Opens To Crowds (PHOTOS)

atlanta News From the Web

06/01/12 Atlanta to Launch New 311 Call Center Service for... Source: TMCnet Non-emergency 311 call centers have become increasingly popular in recent years.
06/01/12 Atlanta is the Place to be for Gospel Artists Source: EURweb.com Christian rapper Lecrae first came to Atlanta as a teenager for a youth conference in 1999, but what ultimately convinced him to lay down roots here was its thriving gospel music scene.
06/01/12 Small business hiring in metro Atlanta up again in May Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Atlanta GA Hiring by small businesses in metro Atlanta rose again in May, according to one new report, continuing an upbeat trend that dates back at least to last summer.
06/01/12 Bojangles' adding 7 metro Atlanta restaurants Source: NBC - 11 Alive WXIA - Atlanta GA A chain of chicken restaurants is finding Georgia, and especially metro Atlanta, to be one of its best markets.
06/01/12 Horrific news hints at rise in demonic activity Source: WSOC TV - NASCAR This probing question, prompted by the naked face-eating horror scene in Miami, is posed by the ace journalists at Pravda.

Background on atlanta

Atlanta (, stressed , locally ) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia with a 2010 population of 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest in the U.S.

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